| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Science | 39 | 6322 | 5862 | 401 | 395 | 78 | 3681 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Zhihong Zhao between 2008 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhihong Zhao published across 18 years, from 2008 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2023. 25 of the 130 publications appeared in the last two years.
130 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| Total | 130 |
The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhihong Zhao sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 78 publications — 3rd percentile
3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.
| Publications | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 38–47 | 5 | |
| 48–57 | 33 | |
| 58–67 | 94 | |
| 68–77 | 161 | |
| 78–87 | 278 | 78 |
| 88–97 | 376 | |
| 98–107 | 404 | |
| 108–117 | 484 | |
| 118–127 | 540 | |
| 128–137 | 557 | |
| 138–147 | 491 | |
| 148–157 | 495 | |
| 158–167 | 458 | |
| 168–177 | 490 | |
| 178–187 | 414 | |
| 188–197 | 401 | |
| 198–207 | 333 | |
| 208–217 | 292 | |
| 218–227 | 290 | |
| 228–237 | 262 | |
| 238–247 | 243 | |
| 248–257 | 208 | |
| 258–267 | 185 | |
| 268–277 | 147 | |
| 278–287 | 128 | |
| 288–297 | 119 | |
| 298–307 | 120 | |
| 308–317 | 107 | |
| 318–327 | 93 | |
| 328–337 | 87 | |
| 338–347 | 64 | |
| 348–357 | 87 | |
| 358–367 | 60 | |
| 368–377 | 60 | |
| 378–387 | 34 | |
| 388–397 | 50 | |
| 398–407 | 44 | |
| 408–417 | 31 | |
| 418–427 | 39 | |
| 428–437 | 27 | |
| 438–447 | 36 | |
| 448–457 | 27 | |
| 458–467 | 29 | |
| 468–477 | 30 | |
| 478–487 | 19 | |
| 488–497 | 15 | |
| 498–507 | 18 | |
| 508–517 | 19 | |
| 518–527 | 16 | |
| 528–537 | 10 | |
| 538–547 | 11 | |
| 548–557 | 14 | |
| 558–567 | 11 | |
| 568–577 | 7 | |
| 578–587 | 14 | |
| 588–597 | 5 | |
| 598–602 | 4 | |
| 603+ | 100 |
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhihong Zhao sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile
35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 144 | |
| 31 | 215 | |
| 32 | 278 | |
| 33 | 379 | |
| 34 | 366 | |
| 35 | 372 | |
| 36 | 389 | |
| 37 | 366 | |
| 38 | 344 | |
| 39 | 349 | 39 |
| 40 | 296 | |
| 41 | 289 | |
| 42 | 277 | |
| 43 | 279 | |
| 44 | 248 | |
| 45 | 257 | |
| 46 | 212 | |
| 47 | 202 | |
| 48 | 207 | |
| 49 | 204 | |
| 50 | 183 | |
| 51 | 178 | |
| 52 | 182 | |
| 53 | 178 | |
| 54 | 163 | |
| 55 | 117 | |
| 56 | 163 | |
| 57 | 120 | |
| 58 | 113 | |
| 59 | 136 | |
| 60 | 135 | |
| 61 | 96 | |
| 62 | 103 | |
| 63 | 83 | |
| 64 | 103 | |
| 65 | 83 | |
| 66 | 89 | |
| 67 | 92 | |
| 68 | 89 | |
| 69 | 78 | |
| 70 | 75 | |
| 71 | 53 | |
| 72 | 62 | |
| 73 | 54 | |
| 74 | 35 | |
| 75 | 52 | |
| 76 | 50 | |
| 77 | 32 | |
| 78 | 37 | |
| 79 | 20 | |
| 80 | 33 | |
| 81 | 36 | |
| 82 | 34 | |
| 83 | 34 | |
| 84 | 24 | |
| 85 | 19 | |
| 86 | 18 | |
| 87 | 26 | |
| 88 | 30 | |
| 89 | 17 | |
| 90 | 21 | |
| 91 | 19 | |
| 92 | 15 | |
| 93 | 14 | |
| 94 | 20 | |
| 95 | 9 | |
| 96 | 10 | |
| 97 | 15 | |
| 98 | 13 | |
| 99 | 3 | |
| 100 | 13 | |
| 101 | 3 | |
| 102 | 9 | |
| 103 | 4 | |
| 104 | 6 | |
| 105 | 6 | |
| 106+ | 98 |
Zhihong Zhao is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed significantly to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research has concentrated primarily on rock mechanics and modeling, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, landslides and related hazards, groundwater flow and contamination studies, geophysical methods and applications, drilling and well engineering, and geotechnical engineering and analysis.
Their publication record includes recent papers such as "Heat transfer in a 3D rough rock fracture with heterogeneous apertures" (2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences), "Shear Strength of Rock Fractures Under Dry, Surface Wet and Saturated Conditions" (2020, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering), "Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical modeling on acid fracturing in carbonatite geothermal reservoirs containing a heterogeneous fracture" (2021, Renewable Energy), "Shear Behavior of Artificial and Natural Granite Fractures After Heating and Water-Cooling Treatment" (2020, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering), and "Convective heat transfer of water flow in intersected rock fractures for enhanced geothermal extraction" (2021, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering).
Zhihong Zhao frequently publishes in the following venues:
Their collaborative work is often co-authored with researchers including:
Zhihong Zhao's research covers several subfields of study within engineering and environmental science, notably:
The scientist's main topics of work include:
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